Ex-PBA player, 2 others nabbed in drug buy-bust operation

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News

MANILA - Former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) player Dorian Alan Peña underwent inquest proceedings at the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday following his arrest in a buy-bust operation in Mandaluyong City.

Peña faces charges for violations of Republic Act (RA) No. 9165, specifically for use of dangerous drugs and visiting a drug den.

The complaint was filed by the National Bureau of Investigation Task Force on Illegal Drugs (NBI-TFAID).

Charged with him are two other respondents, Ledy Mea Vilchez and Jose Paolo Ampeso, who are slapped with the following charges: